The Religion of the Ancient Celts (1911)
Chapter 16: Sacrifice and Prayer
by
J. A. MacCulloch
The Celts offered human victims on the principle of a life for a life, or to propitiate the gods, or in order to divine the future from the entrails of the victim. We shall examine the Celtic custom of human sacrifice from these points of view first.
Names Used in this Section
The Semites
Marseilles
Taranis
Teutates
Esus
Diodorus
Strabo
Varro
Tacitus
druidarum religionem diræ immanitatis
Dio Cassius
Dindsenchas
Cromm Cruaich
Dr. Joyce
Nemedian
Fomorians
Fair of Taillte
Perseus and Andromeda
Becuma
S. Oran
S. Columba
Vortigern
Emain Macha
Pausanias
Ammianus and Livy
Cúchulainn
Conall Cernach
Emer
oppidum
Dayak
Poseidonius
Artemis
Mallius
Gairloch
S. Maelrubha
Eilean Maree (Maelrubha)
Eilean mo righ
Eilean a Mhor Righ
Sir Arthur Mitchell
Brianniul
Gruagach
Compiègne
Artemidorus
Deiotaurus
Dalan
Mider
Imbas Forosnai
Filé
Teinm Laegha
Cétnad
taghairm
baile
fidlanna
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